It's Time (Max Roach album)

It's Time
Studio album by
Max Roach
Released1962
RecordedFebruary 15, 26–27, 1962
StudioFine Recording Ballroom Studio A
New York City
GenreJazz
Length43:51
LabelImpulse!
A-16
ProducerBob Thiele
Max Roach chronology
Percussion Bitter Sweet
(1961) 		It's Time
(1962) 		Money Jungle
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Down Beat[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]
Tom HullB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[5]

It's Time is a 1962 album by jazz drummer Max Roach, released on Impulse! Records which also features trumpeter Richard Williams, tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan, trombonist Julian Priester, pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Art Davis, and a vocal choir conducted by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. Singer Abbey Lincoln appears on "Lonesome Lover".[1]

  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. It's Time at AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ Down Beat, October 25, 1962, vol. 29, no. 27
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 169. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1220. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (June 2, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – On the Web. Retrieved June 20, 2020.